The UNIBusiness-John Deere Supply Chain Forum is an industry-academic partnership, designed to give supply chain professionals and UNI faculty and students an opportunity to join together to share industry best practices and network, while showcasing the talent within the UNI Supply Chain and Operations Management program.

Individual Excellence

Keynote speakers:

Bill Hurles

Hurles is the executive director of supply chain at General Motors and leads GM‘s Global Supply Chain Operations of 75 assembly plants and 92 component/stamping/powertrain plants. His key responsibilities include; scheduling, capacity & risk management, program launch, critical supply issue resolution, supply chain optimization and global assembly warehousing. Prior to Hurles‘ current position, he held various leadership positions in engineering and manufacturing and worked at multiple GM locations.

Peter Hertenstein

Hertenstein is a Ph.D. candidate in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and has studied the catch-up strategies and challenges of emerging market multinational enterprises in the automative industry.

UNIBusiness News

The UNIBusiness-John Deere Supply Chain Forum is an industry-academic partnership, designed to give supply chain professionals and UNI faculty and students an opportunity to join together to share industry best practices and network, while showcasing the talent within the UNI Supply Chain and Operations Management program.

Individual Excellence

Keynote speakers:

Bill Hurles

Hurles is the executive director of supply chain at General Motors and leads GM‘s Global Supply Chain Operations of 75 assembly plants and 92 component/stamping/powertrain plants. His key responsibilities include; scheduling, capacity & risk management, program launch, critical supply issue resolution, supply chain optimization and global assembly warehousing. Prior to Hurles‘ current position, he held various leadership positions in engineering and manufacturing and worked at multiple GM locations.

Peter Hertenstein

Hertenstein is a Ph.D. candidate in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and has studied the catch-up strategies and challenges of emerging market multinational enterprises in the automative industry.

UNIBusiness News

The UNIBusiness-John Deere Supply Chain Forum is an industry-academic partnership, designed to give supply chain professionals and UNI faculty and students an opportunity to join together to share industry best practices and network, while showcasing the talent within the UNI Supply Chain and Operations Management program.

Individual Excellence

Keynote speakers:

Bill Hurles

Hurles is the executive director of supply chain at General Motors and leads GM‘s Global Supply Chain Operations of 75 assembly plants and 92 component/stamping/powertrain plants. His key responsibilities include; scheduling, capacity & risk management, program launch, critical supply issue resolution, supply chain optimization and global assembly warehousing. Prior to Hurles‘ current position, he held various leadership positions in engineering and manufacturing and worked at multiple GM locations.

Peter Hertenstein

Hertenstein is a Ph.D. candidate in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and has studied the catch-up strategies and challenges of emerging market multinational enterprises in the automative industry.